alternus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning adjacent
Literal translation one after another
Variants
alternus
Edited by
adjacent aspect, expression of relative position

Debilia alternis data sunt commercia signis, mutua nec magno consensu foedera servant, invita angusto quod linea flectitur orbe.

‘Weak is the connection between alternate signs, nor do they maintain with unfailing constancy the federation between each other, because the line is reluctant to bend in its circuit of short chords.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.358 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 110-111

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alternus (Lemma #2244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alternus (Lemma #2244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alternus (Lemma #2244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) alternus (Lemma #2244), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2244,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {alternus ({Lemma} #2244)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2244/},
}